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Polynesia travel guide
Samoa
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa on arrival90 days
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Independent State of Samoa
- Capital
- Apia
- Currency
- Samoan tālā (WST T)
- Languages
- English, Samoan
- Calling code
- +685
- Area
- 2,842 km²
- Region
- Polynesia
Who can get in easily
198 of 198 passports can enter Samoa without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Samoa by passport
IndiaVisa on arrival90 days
United StatesVisa on arrival90 days
United KingdomVisa on arrival90 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrival90 days
ChinaVisa-free30 days
SingaporeVisa on arrival90 days
PakistanVisa on arrival90 days
BangladeshVisa-free60 days
Sri LankaVisa on arrival90 days
NepalVisa on arrival90 days
NigeriaVisa on arrival60 days
PhilippinesVisa on arrival90 days
CanadaVisa on arrival90 days
AustraliaVisa on arrival90 days
GermanyVisa-free90 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Nauru
Tonga
TuvaluSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.